Tag: Greta Thunberg

"The Swedish state fails to meet the constitutional requirement to promote sustainable development leading to a good environment for present and future generations," said the plaintiffs.

"Are we fighting to save ourselves and our living planet or are we fighting to maintain business as usual? Our leaders say we can have both, but the harsh truth is that is not possible."

Thunberg sat down in her Stockholm kitchen to talk about what she expects—and hopes—will come from the global event.

“The climate crisis is not going away. It’s only escalating, and it’s only growing more intense by the hour.”

Remembering some of the gains in the difficult year of 2019 can help inspire us for the critical struggles ahead.

“Be an active democratic citizen...because democracy is not only on election day, it's happening all the time.”

“I still believe that the biggest danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting and creative PR."

What can what little girl do? She can lead the rest of us to victory.

“I have received the Nordic Council’s environmental award 2019. I have decided to decline this prize.”

Detractors have dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg - a Nobel Prize nominee - as mentally ill, hysterical and a millennial weirdo after she pleaded with world officials last week to address the climate crisis.